Topic: Honkai Star Rail

@z0d15g0d Clara is a strong choice, I was considering her too, but based on where my account is at Himeko or Bronya seem better for me.

Her E6 is insane.

@themightyant Himeko was my next choice. I finally got Bronya E1 but she's already been retired as I have to speed tune most of my characters again to make her usable. Watching your DPS run out of shield just before a boss heavy attack isn't cool lol. She makes Clara's ult useless also so I stick with Sparkle mostly.

@Shigurui Yea I didn't understand how they could go backwards in terms of enemy and level design maybe they left that to less seasoned team members. Lol one of my mates swears by DMC2 to this day so you're alright for liking 4 SE.

@Shigurui Lol I agree the Vergil fights don't count. I quite liked the Lady boss fight. It's the first DMC fight I can recall doing entirely airborne as you could grapple her projectiles as well as those anchor points. That was pretty fun but short.

Is it worth getting Aventurines E1. He's pretty OP now I have his LC but casting shield after his Ult looks pretty tempting.

@Shigurui Lol yea I main auto most of the time. Auto is pretty dumb so I build my characters to the point where even auto can't mess it up. I'll save the jades thanks.
Why is the next character another fire Nihiity? Their kit looks like it's catered to FF and Acheron. Poor Jiaoqiu hasn't even been round that long. I'm guessing not many players pulled him.

@Shigurui What?? I did not know auto ult could be disabled lol. Would that also work on the SU Curio that enables auto for all the battles but gives the damage buff?

I agree he's very underrated. My Acheron triggers her ult so often practically every turn and sometimes twice because of him.

@Shigurui @z0d15g0d I use auto-battle 90% of the time, though it doesn't work well on some characters, with poorly timed Ults or other issues. There was a website I used to use that gave auto-battle reviews as well as other character ratings. I can't remember what it was, I haven't used it in a while, but it was useful.

The only times I don't use auto-battle are in the stages 3 & 4 of PF and AS, stages 11 & 12 of MoC and highest level of simulated universe in it's various modes. You can breeze through everything else if your team selection is good.

I have used the Ult toggle for a few characters, but not for a while. I am unsure if it works with that 30% DMG buff curio, which I love and almost always pick. At 30% it's OP and usually offsets any poor timings. Let us know how you get on and I will do the same if I get there first. But i've already done my 14,000 SU points this week.

It won't even allow you to click LS to check buff/debuff states.

This is one of my pet peeves with Auto mode. I like checking whether buffs are active etc. to maximise strats and ensure you have full understanding. It's only one extra small step, but it's annoying.

@themightyant I've done my SU for this week also but that curio pops up quite frequently so hopefully I can test it out next week. I tend to only jump in when auto is misbehaving like 1 too many ults on mobs rather than the boss that's about to break lol.

@Shigurui Oh forgot to refresh the page lol. Ignore my earlier comment. Thanks for the update.

@Shigurui I usually have ONE quick go at MoC at launch to get most of the rewards and then wait and have a second go later nearer to when it closes. I'm currently on 33/36.

I cruised through Floor 11 on auto even using Firefly on the first phase even though it's not her element (it's quantum and ice). Acheron on the second.

Floor 12 I was on auto, blinked, missed it and died. I haven't had a second go. I will probably try it again and try and survive just to get the completion rewards. But I probably won't push for 36/36, you don't get any more rewards for 34 or 35 only 36 and I just don't think it's worth my time.

I don't find MoC very compelling. They purposefully do things like making enemies tanky. It's just deliberate bait to try and get us to spend... and i'm not biting. It's only 80 jade (half of one pull) and 100 feathers. Not worth my effort.

I usually try a bit more on PF and AS as there are rewards for every star. But again it's end game content designed to push us to spend. I simply don't care enough. As long as I can get most of them 33/36 and 11/12 is fine for me.

@Shigurui The only star I'm missing is one from AS. Still got 5 days to claim it but yea my auto teams are fairly solid now so I should be able to clear it manually when I've got more time.

Is the new update a new world or we back to Penacony again? I haven't even done the pre-install as I'm over Penacony arc.

@themightyant FF doesn't care about weakness as she creates her own lol so as long as you've got your break team she just trashes everything. I tried using Jingliu then Seele just to bring them out of retirement and they were no good then I used FF and was done in no time.

As even the best characters are becoming useless as the game progresses there's no point investing further in this game. I'm just free jading from now.

@z0d15g0d @Shigurui Indeed. That's why I don't spend, else I would get seriously SALTY every time a character I bought is frog leaped.

I remember scrambling to get Jingliu and now she's really not that great... and while we are talking about scrambling for Jades heres a new code for 50 of them

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Bronya just got even more sidelined with Sunday's appearance. He does basically all she does... and more in most situations. (she will still be better in a few very specific teams) He can even be skill point positive with his signature or eidolons. It's especially crazy as his worth will only rise when more summon characters are released for the new meta in 3.0. But his time will pass too.

Talking of Bronya... I still haven't quite decided who my free 5-star will be, but we've got half a year to use it. I'm at 64 wishes on the standard banner so will likely wait for a month or so to see who I pull normally, but E3 Himeko or E1 Bronya most likely... even if I don't use her. LOL. E1 Clara also a possibility.

@Shigurui Would it be different if he had a BE build as opposed to what we all currently use CR & CD?

@themightyant Thanks for the code dude.

Is Sunday replacing MCH?

@Shigurui @z0d15g0d MCH?? I assume you mean main character Harmony?

No not directly replacing them as a break enabling team which has been the meta in penacony, instead it seems summoning characters will be the meta for 3.0 and Sunday is a good booster generally but SPECIFICALLY boosts anyone with a summon, boating both the character AND their summons making Jing Yuan, Topaz and Lingsha more viable. But in 3.x I’d expect a lot more characters that for this archetype.

He’s strong right now but in 6 months he’ll probably be Ruan Mei/Robin. (Still not pulling for him)

@themightyant Yea main character. So there's no point in getting Sunday till more characters with summons are released. I did the trial with Jing Yuan and it was ok but nothing to write home about as it was mostly Tingyun buffing his damage like normal and JingYuan has pretty much taken a back seat to Acheron. I don't have Topaz but I know I would never need Sunday with Lingsha as she's my dedicated break healer and her summons should not be forced forward, they're perfect as they are at intervals.
Robin only seems to excel with my Clara for some reason. I had her on most teams when Penacony first started then the break meta happened and she got relegated to one team only. The rate at which characters are becoming useless is getting disgusting lol. They should just stick to reruns and release a new one once in a while.

@Shigurui You're right. I recall using her with Pela to great effect back then. Now even Pela is a hard sell for battles. Around 85% of my battles are either team Acheron or team Firefly. The rest is split between DHIL and Clara.